Michigan · Nonprofit
GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES
GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES (Michigan) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,544,792 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC ($739,172). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Good Samaritan Ministries does
Mission
Good samaritan is committed to ending poverty and homelessness, in partnership with our community, by leading the way in providing affordable housing solutions and supportive services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Affordable housing connections helps vulnerable individuals and families achieve housing and financial stability. In addition, we provide affordable housing to low-income households and rent assistance to ottawa county residents facing a housing crisis.
$1,814,247 spentof which $796,885 as grants$667,351 earned by the program77% of program spendingGsm properties offers professional property management services while focusing on the care of tenants so they are equipped to thrive and avoid eviction.
$316,658 spent$289,894 earned by the program13% of program spendingCircles brings people of diverse incomes together to help low-income individuals and families achieve their financial goals.
$93,182 spent$2,000 earned by the program4% of program spendingGood Samaritan Ministries and lakeshore habitat for humanity are joint owners of a four plex of affordable rentals. Good Samaritan Ministries has 75% ownership of the development and is responsible for all property management. The site is located on 96th street north of the city of zeeland, michigan. Occupancy began in january 2019. The project name is state street town homes and third coast homes is the umbrella name of the joint tenancy arrangement with lakeshore habitat for humanity.
$38,623 spent$38,548 earned by the program2% of program spendingThe lakeshore housing alliance is a collaboration of service providers and community members dedicated to meeting the needs of people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
$92,781 spent$4,641 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,355,491.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $6.8M (+395%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 52% · 2018 48% · 2019 35% · 2020 44% · 2021 78% · 2022 93% · 2023 55% · 2024 40% · 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Brian De Vos
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $111k → $378k.
8 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
68% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 57% · 2019 46% · 2020 42% · 2021 61% · 2022 19% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
56% of GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
58% of GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.1M that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.8M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.8M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES?
- GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES (Michigan) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,544,792 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC ($739,172). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,544,792 in grants to GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE HOLLAND/ZEELAND AREA INC is the largest funder on record, with $739,172 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOOD SAMARITAN MINISTRIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 25 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing